Easy Snacks for Kids: Homemade Blender Hummus Recipe

April 29, 2024

NO food processor (or adults) needed for this healthy snack! My kids will show you how easy homemade hummus is and how they even cut the veggies to go with it.

Healthy Snack Kids Can Make

Hummus and veggies are a great healthy snack! It contains protein, fat, and carbs for a balanced and long-lasting snack. When you eat fat with your raw veggies you actually increase the nutritional uptake!

Homemade hummus is really easy, much cheaper than store-bought and you can avoid processed oils often found in pre-made hummus.

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Blender Hummus Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup tahini paste
1/3-2/3 cup water drained from beans (use more or less depending on desired consistency)
juice of 3 lemons (or 3+ Tbs. lemon juice)
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2–4 cloves peeled garlic
1 1/2-2 tsp. kosher salt
2 tsp. ground cumin
optional: cayenne pepper, to taste
optional: black pepper, to taste
3 cups of cooked chickpeas or garbanzo beans (or 2 – 15oz. cans chickpeas), drained

Directions

Add all ingredients except the chickpeas to a blender.
Puree until garlic is minced and liquid is combined.
Add half of the chickpeas and blend until smooth. Add last of chickpeas and blend until smooth.
Add more bean water to thin out hummus as needed. You may have to use a spatula to scrape the sides and bottom to make sure all the chickpeas are pureed.
Taste and adjust seasoning, as needed.
Store in the fridge for a week or freeze for up to three months in an airtight container.

“Mooooom, I’m hungry!!”

How many times do your kids ask for snacks each day? Wouldn’t it be a relief if they were empowered to prepare their own snacks, instead of coming to you and whining about how hungry they are?

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Recipe Notes

Want to try homemade tahini? Just blend toasted sesame seeds with a couple of tablespoons of oil. If you’ve ever made homemade nut butter, it’s exactly the same thing. You’ll need a high-powered blender or a food processor though.
Note: If using a food processor, you can add the first half of the chickpeas to the liquid ingredients in the first step.

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About Katie Kimball

Katie Kimball, CSME, creator of Kids Cook Real Food^™ and CEO of Kitchen Stewardship^®, LLC, is passionate about connecting families around healthy food. As a trusted educator and author of 8 real food cookbooks, she’s been featured on media outlets like ABC, NBC and First for Women magazine and contributes periodically on the FOX Network.

Since 2009, busy moms have looked to Katie as a trusted authority and advocate for children’s health, and she often partners with health experts and medical practitioners to stay on the cutting edge. In 2016 she created the Wall Street Journal recommended best online kids cooking course, Kids Cook Real Food^™, helping thousands of families around the world learn to cook. She is actively masterminding the Kids’ Meal Revolution, with a goal of every child learning to cook.

A mom of 4 kids from Michigan, she is also a Certified Stress Mastery Educator, member of the American Institute of Stress and trained speaker through Bo Eason’s Personal Story Power.